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Custom Domain Obtained!

You already knew my first, middle, and last name; but now you only now my birth name. My slave name of yore is no more!

(I rhyme too, how cute.)

But yes, I have bought, invested in really, a custom domain. Why? You ask (and are right to ask, by the way). Well, for several reasons; one, I simply like the more professional look of a domain which lacks the [free cheap moniker indicating it is under the subservience of another entity] which the [dot]blogger address indicates. Additionally, aesthetically, I liked the formal look of the custom domain. Plus, and I will be honest here, I enjoyed the idea of having a custom domain. Never before have I had a custom domain so it seems so, I dunno, 'grown up' to take responsibility for a domain, to have enough confidence in a site to pay for a real place name. It feels right.

As for the exact domain name, I went back and forth. Google offers quite a few different ones but I knew that I did not want anything too exotic (or expensive!). So I ended up going with 'info' after arguing between [dot]net and [dot]info. I chose info over net for the simple reason that it seemed most compatible with my project here. After all, I wasn't a 'network' nor was I a commercial ([dot]com) enterprise or an organization ([dot]org). I am just one person running a research blog. So, info seemed most appropriate (even though, I am aware, that I could have selected anything I liked). Plus, it was also cheap to host, so that was a plus. While if I had more money and the options I think it would have been nice to have a more neophyte custom domain, something like "se" or "si" I am happy with the one I selected and hope you will enjoy it as well.

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Lately, I was browsing around online and found another handy resource for aspiring medievalists.

Enter, Western Michigan University's Medieval Institute!

The site has links to an extensive book shop, scholarly journals, as well as a free download. See below for links.

General listing: http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/medievalpress/
Index of titles available for purchase: http://www.wmich.edu/medievalpublications/all-titles
The 'Medieval Globe' book(s): http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/medieval_globe/ (Click on title(s) for free download)

Okay, that is all for now. Sometime soon I think that I would like to organize all of my resource links so that I, as well as you, have a concrete listing of reliable resources. Until then, we shall have to make due.